List of Military articles
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White House Chief of Staff John Kelly speaks during a White House briefing Oct. 19 in Washington, D.C. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) An Old Colonel Looks at General Kelly
A thousand years ago when I was about to begin my military career, a wise old retired Marine colonel, a veteran of the carnage at Tarawa, gave me some advice.
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Afghan army trainees inside a helicopter simulator at a military base in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Oct. 21, 2009. (Paula Bronstein/Getty Images) ‘Ghost Soldiers’: Too Many U.S.-Trained Afghans Are Going AWOL
Some 13 percent of Afghan military personnel training in the United States last year went AWOL.
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The Afghan army conducts a controlled explosion during a military exercise on the outskirts of Kabul on April 30, 2014. (Shah Marai/AFP/Getty Images) Pentagon Report: IED Casualties Surge in Afghanistan
Roadside bomb attacks are falling overall, except in Afghanistan.
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White House Chief of Staff John Kelly speaks during a White House briefing Oct. 19 in Washington, D.C. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) This Whole Gold Star Mess
Trump does not appear to understand military service
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U.S. service members walk off a helicopter on the runway at Camp Bost on Sept. 11 in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. (Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images) My time in the rotation helps show why our approach in Afghanistan is doomed
The U.S. military’s way of operating in Afghanistan is a recipe for failure.
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A Bangor, ME police department dog. (Courtesy Bangor, Maine, police department) Today’s briefing
A Bangor police dog takes the podium.
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An Israeli soldier throws a grenade into a Hezbollah bunker during the 2006 Lebanon war. (Wikimedia Commons) Some unhappy reasons for why we are on the verge of another war in Lebanon
Conversations with Israelis these days tend to end up in one place: casus belli.
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A member of the Popular Mobilization Forces flashes a "V" sign in the northern town of Hatra on April 28. (Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images) Iraq’s Shiite Militias Are Just Getting Started
The Iranian-backed forces that took control of Kirkuk from the Kurds are setting their sights on Baghdad.
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El Tres de Mayo, by Francisco Goya. (Wikimedia Commons) Son, rotation of troops is no way to fight: It hurt Napoleon’s campaign in Spain as well as the U.S. Army effort in Afghanistan
The more I study military history, the more I believe that troop rotation is a lousy way to run a war.
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Indian military recruits during a parade near Srinagar, India, on March 4, 2015. (Rouf Bhat/AFP/Getty Images) Is India Starting to Flex Its Military Muscles?
A new willingness to use force beyond its borders suggests that a sleeping giant may be awakening.
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British World War I recruitment poster. (Wikimedia Commons) The British disdain for military affairs — and how it might affect British publishing
I’ve noticed in looking at British books about war in the last 20 years that the British public is not well served by its publishers.
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Siegfried's Death, by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld. (Wikimedia Commons) Have our military leaders been honest?
The military must be honest, both with itself and the rest of the nation.
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The U.S. Marshall Plan logo. (Wikimedia Commons) Great moments in interviews
A high school student interviewed Defense Secretary James Mattis
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A member of the Ku Klux Klan shouts at counterprotesters during a rally calling for the protection of Confederate monuments, in Charlottesville, Virginia, on July 8. Survey: One-Third of Republicans Favor Leaders Unchecked by Courts or Congress
A new global survey finds that right-of-center ideology and education affect support for democracy.
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Stephanie Smith, human cannonball at the Royal Melbourne Show, 2005. (WIkimedia Commons) Firings, reliefs, and military misdeeds: The hits just keep on coming, for some reason
This month's hall of shame.
